Bacon. MMMMMMM bacon!

So I was cooking bacon last Saturday for lunch. Yes, all I ate was bacon. Ok, and some Samoas. Saturdays are terrible days to diet. Anyway, so I'm cooking my bacon in the microwave, because frankly it's less messy and I've heard it's a healthier way to cook it. I am, afterall, on a diet.

It's no secret that I bought a cheap, crappy microwave. It's so cheap and crappy that I really shouldn't cook more than three pieces of bacon in there at a time in order to acheive maximum crispy-ness, but I was feeling wild and crazy and went for four pieces of bacon. I'm pretty sure it took about ten minutes altogether to cook the bacon, which was delicious and lower in sodium for that dieter in me, but I noticed something else about my microwave during this long but well worth it process. Microwaves, no matter how fancy, don't have a "bacon" preset.

There's one for popcorn. Sure, that's a natural choice, even though I still go by the time-and-listen method. There's one for potatoes. Ok, sure...my dad always cooked baked potatoes in the microwave, so I get it. One for frozen vegetables, a couple for various portions of reheating and/or thawing, but none for bacon. Hmph! What do microwave manufacturers have against bacon??? I mean, MAYBE if they're Jewish, but even still, I've dated Jews who eat bacon.

I'm pretty sure as soon as they come out with a microwave with a bacon setting, I'm going to go out and drop some coin on it a) to replace my cheap and crappy one and b) to immediately try out the bacon preset. I am fully aware that this preset won't work to my liking, just like all the other presets, and I'll end up returning to the time-and-stare-into-the-window- method, never trying the bacon preset every again. But hey, at least it'll be on there.